The appeal was filed by a citizen whose name was withheld, and claims that the visit by the neighboring country’s president “threatens the impartiality of the process leading up to the February 1 elections,” TSE President Eugenia Zamora added, quoted by Teletica.com.

Zamora, who announced that she would refrain from providing further details about the plaintiff and his request due to the necessary analysis of the matter, also declined to comment on whether the TSE has the authority to prohibit Bukele or any other president from entering Costa Rica.

She said, “Precisely because of the electoral protection, we will refrain from addressing the matter until the Court concludes its deliberations and comments on it.”

The government of Bukele, who is scheduled to arrive in Costa Rica on Tuesday to visit a “megaprison” being built by the government of President Rodrigo Chaves in the northern province of Alajuela, has been in discussions for months with authorities about that detention center for high-risk criminals.

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